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Grow Anise inYour Hydro Garden - Its Easy!

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Are you fed up with growing the regular stuff in a hydroponics garden? Want to do more besides just growing lettuce?

There's a reason why lettuce and other greens are some of the simplest and easiest things to grow in hydroponics. However, beginners can also feel confident that they can branch out and grow a bunch of other crops. It's relatively easy to grow just about anything with hydroponics. You don’t have to be a chemist or spend a lot of time looking at how to accommodate any one plant. You don’t have to be a technology whiz to know how to hook up timers and other gadgets. Most of that work is done for you in guides and manuals.

All you need, really, is a vision. You can put your hydro dreams together much more easily than you might realize.

So when you want to cultivate something different, here's an idea.

Anise is a feathery type of plant that develops seeds and leaves with an interesting licorice-type taste. It can be used in salads and in many other types of dishes. In fact, it's often used in the production of licorice.

This is one of those interesting things that can be easy to take care of in a hydroponic garden.

Plant Pots

Where will the anise get planted in your garden? In hydroponics, it goes into a plant pot that's set into a tray, table or tower or some other type of structure. If you have a deep water culture system, where the roots will sit directly in water, then you want to have open plant pots with room for the roots to go through. If you have a drip or top to bottom type of system, you may just want plant pots with a hole for water drainage at the bottom.

Germination

You can germinate anise plants in several ways. You can grow the seeds in soil and transplant them to hydro, or you can germinate the seeds in the grow media. You can also germinate the seeds in damp paper towels and then transplant them. Whatever works best for you is fine for your garden.

PH value

You want to set a slightly acidic pH value from about 5.8 to 6.4 for anise and other similar herbs. And you’ll have to keep checking to make sure that the water in your reservoir has this type of ph balance.

Lighting

You'll need good lighting with the right luminosity and spectrum to nourish the anise plants. Experts recommend a lot of blue light for this type of herb, where metal halide lights can be a good choice.

Feeding plants

This is another interesting part of having the right method in place to grow hydroponic anise and other plants. You might have a lot of questions about what plants need. Well, to start with, they need high amounts of core nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. For anise specifically and other plants in the same family, experts recommend a high nitrogen to phosphorus ratio and a low to medium electrical conductivity ratio.

What?

Here's the good news -- you can simply buy pre-packaged nutrient mixes that will contain all of what your plants need to thrive. Make sure there's the right amount in the reservoir, and you’re in business.

Other tips include having ventilation in order to prevent air stagnation. You want to look for any evidence of bugs or bacterial infiltration. Beyond that, you should be able to experience nice green plant growth over the maturation season. When the plant gets to be a good size, you simply cut back and harvest the flavorful leaves that you want.

Anise is just one idea of a lesser-known plant that you can get into your hydroponics garden to enjoy a wider array of crops, and benefit from diverse tastes and flavors. Take a look at the gear that you can get to grow your own hydroponic vegetables and herbs, and you'll see that it's a lot easier than some people make it sound. Start growing today and get the benefits of having fresh green produce right in your home orbusiness space.

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